Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
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Michael J. Seth is professor of East Asian and world history at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Professor Seth, who has lived and worked in South Korea, is the author of Education Fever: Society, Politics and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea (2002), North Korea: A History (2018), and Korea at War (2023). He is also the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History (2016).
Michael Seth's A Concise History of Korea stands as the singular authoritative history of Korea for the undergraduate audience. In depth in its treatment of the social, cultural, military, political, and economic developments of Korea, it also presents a compelling image of Korea within the world. From the unique cultural constructions of Korean society during the Kingdoms and Dynasties to the pain felt under Japanese occupation, Seth makes the story of the Korean nation come alive. Comprehensive and engaging, Seth's work is an excellent text for college students new to the subject.
— Courtney A. Short, Colorado State University - Pueblo
9/7/23, This title was featured in the “Forthcoming Titles in Asian & Asian American Studies, 2023” roundup.
Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/forthcoming-titles-in-asian-asian-american-studies-2023/
- Each of the sixteen chapters have had at least minor revisions to reflect new scholarship or insights into the Korean past. Among the revisions is more on premodern and modern environmental history.
2-Recent scholarship has been cited in the text and seventeen recent works have been added to the annotated bibliography.
3-The chapters on North Korean and South Korea in recent years have been updated to include developments up to the summer of 2023.
4-Short biographical sketches of women and men whose lives exemplify aspects of Korean history have been added to almost every chapter.